Serious Games Design

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The rapidly growing Serious Games industry focuses on solving real-world problems using the universal appeal of play. In this major, you'll learn how to design and deliver game experiences to drive positive change in education, healthcare, marketing and more.

You’ll study game-based learning, puzzle design and game production, and use these skills to create emotionally rich and challenging experiences within your own games and simulations, including experiences for PC, mobile and virtual reality.

You can take your newfound knowledge and skills into the many companies that are now growing around the games industry.

Career opportunities

Job opportunities include embedded roles in government agencies and not-for-profits, as well as video games publishing, marketing, production and management.

Major (8)

For a major in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

Required courses (8)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Environmental Health Risk Management
SGD102 Health Promotion Principles
SGD103 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
SGD200 Marketing Essentials
SGD202 Introduction to Contemporary Global Media and Communication
SGD214 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
SGD321 Issues in Social Media
ICT352 Creative and Interactive Advertising

*Available to be studied online

Minor (4)

For a minor in Serious Games Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

Required courses (4)

Course	Semester of offer	Units	Requisites
SGD100 Social Media Communication
SGD103 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
SGD200 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
SGD202 Marketing Essentials